Register patents, recruit troops, and organize production...... General Dynamics' operations are gradually getting back on track.

The various inventions of the horse whistle have also become a reality.

The most important inventions, such as the new sewing machine, the Jens' coupler and the gramophone, sparked an enthusiastic response in the UK.

The main concern is undoubtedly the gramophone, which has little practical value due to the immaturity of the technology, but the magical properties of preserving sound make everyone curious about it, making it a representative of "high technology".

Ordinary people will not buy it, but will be attracted to it at various exhibition events.

And some local tyrants who are not bad for money will be willing to buy this kind of expensive but useless gramophone out of the need for collection, gift or coercion, which has contributed considerable income to General Dynamics.

So in fact, the gramophone became a luxury, which seems a bit of black humor for the tech-based General Motors.

But making money is not chilling.

Not only that, but General Dynamics also pushed the boat down the tide and really launched a batch of limited-edition phonographs with luxurious packaging.

For the horse whistle, the biggest value of this thing at the moment is to please Queen Victoria.

However, no one doubts the practical value of the gramophone in the future, and perfecting it is also one of the important plans of General Dynamics.

The Jens coupler had the least repercussions, but it was the most popular, and anyone could see what it meant for trains, so orders flowed.

The new sewing machine is a typical example of a controversial invention.

The invention is certainly valuable from a technological and production point of view, but it is quite confusing from a social level.

Efficient sewing machines have caused many tailors to lose their jobs.

A section of workers who hate it and even try to destroy it because of this, has a special name: Luddists.

This caused some problems for the horse whistle, such as titles such as "harmful inventor".

In a way, this is a sign of the British government's failure to do its duty.

A good government should alleviate the social pain caused by scientific and technological progress, help the eliminated workers to transform, and let them rejoin and adapt to the new social production.

Of course, these words are easy to say, but they are as difficult as heaven to do.

In the 21 st century, the United States, China, and other countries did not do a good job of alleviating this pain, let alone bringing Britain in the 19th century.

The current Britain, a country where the monarch still wields enormous power, does not even have the awareness of this, both up and down. A man from the XXI century who lives here can even perceive with the naked eye the obscurantism of the will of the state, which hangs like a cloudy haze over the skies of this vast empire.

The horse whistle had neither the ability nor the will to help the British government in such a difficult task.

So of course he chose the law, and sent these guys who destroyed private property to trial, and those who should be compensated and punished should be punished.

The second industrial revolution has just sprouted, and there will be many such things in the future.

But history has proven countless times that in the face of the torrent of the Industrial Revolution, it is ridiculous for anyone to stand in the way, whether he is a king, a capitalist, a worker, a peasant...... Every self-righteous head will eventually be mercilessly crushed by the spiraling gears.

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University of Cambridge.

The Whistle was following Prince Albert, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and the two of them walked along and talked about something.

"Weather forecast?" Prince Albert looked at the horse whistle with some surprise, "You mean, you invented a machine that can predict the weather?" ”

"No, how is that possible." "What I mean by this is that with the telegraph system, people can quickly exchange weather information from all over the place to make predictions for upcoming weather changes. ”

"For example, if a rain cloud appears in Cambridge and moves south, then by telegram, we can notify the people there before the rain cloud reaches London, so that they can prepare in advance."

This kind of operation has been around for a few years, but mainly some businessmen do it.

For example, grain speculators often use the telegraph to convey weather information and seize business opportunities.

Albert listened and exclaimed, "I didn't expect the telegraph to have such a purpose." ”

Ma Whistle thought for a moment and then said, "In addition, as for the prediction machine, it is not completely absent. In fact, I conceived a machine that could predict the tides, and it was being studied by Babbage. ”

"Babbage?" Prince Albert smiled, "Then you can take it." But he is indeed a very powerful guy, and Cambridge has to admit that he has a part of the credit for the development of mathematics in recent years. ”

Whistle: "I'll restrain him." ”

"I believe in you." Prince Albert nodded, "The weather forecast is a good idea, I will introduce General Robert Fitzroy to you, he is a well-informed meteorologist, you can work with him to form a department dedicated to the weather, the name of the department can be called the Meteorological Office." ”

The two talked for a while.

"My lord, I have a request, or rather this is the reason why I came to England...... I have selected a number of young students from Apache who have some education in mathematics and physics, and I hope they will study at a university in the UK, and I have already found a secondary school for them to study in an adaptive way. ”

Prince Albert: "Aren't you yourself a brilliant teacher and the most brilliant scientist?" ”

Ma Whistle: "My field of study is too theoretical, and for the development of Apache, engineering talents are even more scarce. The UK is the world centre of science and technology, and I don't think there's a better place to get advanced engineering knowledge. ”

Prince Albert asked, "How many students do you have?" ”

"There are currently 30 of them, and I plan to send some students to the UK every year." Ma Whistle said.

Prince Albert thought for a moment: "Cambridge University can accept your students, but I also have one condition. ”

He looked at the horse whistle: "You are going to be a professor at Cambridge University." ”

Ma Whistle was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Of course, I also yearn for an academic palace like Cambridge...... But as you know, I have the expectations of my clan, and I have a lot of things to deal with in my clan, so I am afraid that I will not have time to lecture at Cambridge. ”

Albert smiled: "I won't let you teach students like a real professor, you just need to come to Cambridge regularly to give an academic report, and give a few lectures to students by the way." Once every three years, that's not too much to ask, right? ”